Ferber method sleep training help

Hi all, so I sleep trained my LO using the Ferber method at 6 months and she’s been fine, wakes up usually 1 time for a feed around 4ish. But the past 2 nights she wakes up shortly after her bedtime (tonight was half an hour after sleeping) and cries hysterically. I went in and did what I did in the beginning of sleep training at every interval but it made her worse. After 20 mins she was still hysterical so I picked her up (😳🫣🥴😭) she’s fallen asleep in my arms now but I’m wondering if anyone thinks this is maybe close to a milestone issue/start of the regression or should I carry on with the sleep training method (although I don’t think I have it in me to start from square one as she cried so much the first night we sleep trained it was a bit traumatic for me- but worth it literally after the first night)

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We had this last week, it was very hard to settle him down! It pretty much coincided with our boy starting crawling and babbling. It’s getting a little better now though

Yeh I’m thinking because she’s almost there with the crawling it mushy be that? I hope so!

What’s her nap schedule like? I think false starts can sometimes be down to then being under tired.
My boy’s sleep trained but he does wake when he’s teething and can take up to 2 hours for him to sleep again. He can only get to sleep by himself so I just go by his cry whether to leave him to cry or get up and comfort him.
Usually when it’s teething he’s in pain so I don’t leave him crying I just keep putting him down and eventually he’ll fall asleep.

She had an earlier nap today so her wake window before bed was a lot longer than it usually is

What I've heard (from a sleep specialist) is that sleep training doesn't work after a regression, you have to do it all over again. So you might be in the start of a regression.

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